Abstract:
This paper will focus on the problem of addiction from social media of adolescents and its
influence on users’ academic performance and general identity. Also, this paper will outline actions,
that people can take against given problem. The suggestions that can be drawn from the research
results will include the ways to avoid some illnesses as FoMO syndrome or addictions from the
internet.
The objectives of this research were to assess the prevalence of how FoMO syndrome is
familiar among adolescents, to know how well people know about syndrome and examine patterns of
the association between real and virtual life, socio-demographic, mental health characteristics among
schoolchildren of Kazakhstan, Karaganda. The aim of the study is to define problematic social media
use and level of fear of missing out developments in social media (FoMO) in adolescents.
